IE · 2024 · migr_acq
Acquisitions of EU citizenship
Ireland, 2024
In 2024, Ireland's acquisitions of EU citizenship increased by 31.7% compared to 2023, reaching 24,059.
Ireland accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 1,177,232.
Ireland ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 315.5% (from 5,791 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_acq, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.